Barry Chevannes, is Professor of Social Anthropology and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the UWI, Mona. He has published extensively on issues of gender, religious ideology and Rastafari culture. Among his publications are Rastafari: Roots and Ideology (1995), the edited collection Rastafari and Other African-Caribbean Worldviews (1994, reprint 1998) and Learning to be a Man: Culture, Socialization and Male Identity in Five Caribbean Communities (2001). He is involved in Fathers Inc. in Jamaica and is a recipient of the (UWI) Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence.